Creating positive social change through building positive organizations: Four levels of intervention

Positive Psychology as Social Change

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 159-174

  Garcea, Nicky ^a   Linley, P Alex ^a  

^a Centre of Applied Positive Psychology   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84892202232     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-9938-9_10     Document Type: Chapter

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